Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
A song of critism towards not only the gentrification of neighborhoods in Nashville, but also towards bigoted and “fake” christians, along with the religiously based capitalism of megachurches in America.
[Verse 1]
Tourists stumble down Broadway
Cumberland keeps claiming bodies
All our best memories
Were bought and then turned into apartments
The club with all the hardcore shows
Now just a greyscale Domino's
The churches overflow each Sunday, greedy Sunday morning
[Pre-Chorus]
Gift shop in the lobby
Act like God ain't watching
Kill the soul, turn a profit
What lives on? Southern Gotham
[Chorus]
I'm the one who still loves your ghost
I reanimate your bones
With my belief
I'm the one who still loves your ghost
I reanimate your bones
'Cause I'm a true believer
[Verse 2]
They put up chain-link fences underneath the biggest bridges
They pose in Christmas cards with guns as big as all their children
They say that Jesus is the way, but then they gave him a white face
So they don't have to pray to someone they deem lesser than them
[Pre-Chorus]
The South will not rise again
'Til it's paid for every sin
Strange fruit, hard bargain
Till the roots, Southern Gotham
[Chorus]
I'm the one who still loves your ghost
I reanimate your bones
With my belief
I'm the one who still loves your ghost
I reanimate your bones
'Cause I'm a true believer
I'm the one who still loves your ghost
I reanimate your bones
With my belief
I'm the one who still loves your ghost (Ah-ah)
I reanimate your bones
'Cause I'm a true believer (Ah-ah-ah)
True Believer was written by Hayley Williams & Jim-E Stack & Eli Teplin.
True Believer was produced by Jim-E Stack.
Hayley Williams released True Believer on Mon Jul 28 2025.
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